Public hearing today on plan to rezone land for business use

County wants to foster revenue-producers

June 06, 2000|BY A SUN STAFF WRITER

To encourage commercial and industrial growth in Carroll - the types of projects that generate substantial tax revenue - the county commissioners are moving forward with plans to rezone eight properties for business development.

They will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. todayin Room 3 of the County Office Building, 225 N. Center St. in Westminster. At the hearing, citizens will have a chance to comment on the proposed rezonings.

Seven of the properties totaling 662 acres would be zoned for industrial use, and a 21-acre parcel would be zoned for commercial development. Owners of adjoining properties have been notified of the proposed land use changes.

The sites were among 14 that had been identified by the Economic Development Commission in 1998 as potential sites for commercial and industrial growth. Several of those sites were rejected by the county planning commission.